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I loved Jas Hammonds’ novel WE DESERVE MONUMENTS, so my expectation were high going into the...
LIKE HAPPINESS drew me in from the start with the choice of framing the story as communication...
Two Sides to Every Murder starts with a wink to the audience in its meta slasher references, sure...
Lunar New Year Love Story begins with Valentina explaining the role Valentine’s Day plays in her...
The Last Murder at the End of the World opens with several chapters that immediately drew me in...
Middle grade books with magic are always a winner for young readers and the mysterious invitation...
Totally Psychic has all the ingredients of winning middle grade novel. Paloma comes from a family...
Autumn Allen’s parallel stories in her debut All You Have to Do sets up a compelling narrative...
The Connellys of County Down opening two chapters set up so main compelling threads and...
In the opening chapters of The Last Girls Standing, Jennifer Dugan sets up an interesting mystery...
I love the idea of this historical setting for a detective story, San Francisco in the 50’s set...
Stars & Smoke opens with two chapters that drew me right in. I love the fish out of water concept...
If We’re Being Honest opens with a scene from a funeral that draws the reader into the hints of...
The opening chapters have pace and enough questions floating from each perspective that it leaves...
Never Vacation With Your Ex feels like a mash up of recently popular YA and adult romance books....
The opening exposition laid a lot of groundwork for the world of this fantasy. Once the book...
The opening pages of The Angel Maker hooked me from the start. From a glimpse into Katie Shaw’s...
The opening chapters set up so many interesting threads in the story of Avery, a senior in high...
The Davenports starts with period and characters that would surely appeal to fans of Bridgerton....
The opening chapter of If You Could See the Sun is a complete attention grabber with a shocker of...
Frizzy uses the graphic novel form to its greatest potential in telling the story of a girl who...
The opening chapter of How to Heal a Gryphon sets up a compelling conflict of a tween girl...
A Scatter of Light has such a strong start, setting the stage for a coming of age story that I...
The first two chapters of Seoulmates introduces two likable protagonists. It feels like a...
Aiden Thomas is a fantastic storyteller, and they manage to invite the reader into an exciting,...
The idea behind this book is fantastic. Looking to hip hop artists to walk through different...
This novel’s opening effectively draws the reader in to a dark, gothic fairy tale setting. With...
The start of this YA novel is interesting and sets up an engaging premise. The main character is...
The opening chapters of this novel do a nice job of introducing the circumstances of three young...
The first look of this book was informative and easy to understand. The use of personal examples...
The beginning of Coven made me want to rush out and get my hands on a finished copy! The art and...
The cover and the style of writing are a great match. It feels like a YA Scream redux in book...
The first two stories of this collection provide a glimpse into both the micro aggressions facing...
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